anabolism

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (ana, “up”) + βάλλω (ballō, “I throw”) + -ism. Formed in analogy with metabolism.

Noun

anabolism (usually uncountable; plural anabolisms)

1. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
   • 2008, Carlon M. Colker, Extreme Muscle Enhancement, 3rd edition, page 13-14.

     We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.

Related terms

• anabolic

Translations

the constructive metabolism of the body

• Albanian: anabolizmi (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同化作用 (cmn) (tónghuà zuòyòng)

• Czech: anabolismus (cs) m
• Danish: anabolisme (da)
• Dutch: anabolisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: anabolo (eo)
• Estonian: anabolism (et)
• French: anabolisme (fr) m
• German: Anabolismus (de) m
• Greek: αναβολισμός (el) (anavolismós) m
• Hungarian: anabolizmus (hu), asszimiláció (hu)
• Italian: anabolismo (it)
• Japanese: 同化 (ja) (どうか, dōka), 同化作用 (ja) (どうかさよう, dōka sayō)
• Korean: 합성대사 (ko) (hapseong daesa)

• Norwegian: anabolisme (no)
• Occitan: anabolisme (oc)
• Persian: فراگشت (fa)
• Polish: anabolizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: anabolismo (pt)
• Russian: анаболизм (ru) (anabolízm) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: анаболизам (sh) m

  Roman: anabolizam (sh) m

• Slovene: anabolizem (sl) m
• Spanish: anabolismo (es) m
• Sundanese: anabolisme (su)
• Swedish: anabolism (sv)
• Thai: กระบวนการสร้าง (th)

References

• anabolism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913